Ash-sifter



(No Model.)

C. COOK.

ASH SIFTBR.

No. 248,714. PatentedOot. 25,1881.

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Unire STATES PATENT erica.

CHRISTIAN COOK, OF BALTIMORE, MABioYLAND.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,714, dated October 25, 1881, A

Application filed June 14, 1881.

To all irhom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN Coox, ofthe city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certainlmprovements in Ash-Sitters, of which the following is a specification and I do hereby declare that in the same is contained a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class ot ash-sitters in which a cylindrical sieve is revolved within a box by means of an exleriorhandle; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction ot' the said box which admits of a close joint being formed between the lid and box proper, and also of' the ready removalof the sieve when the same or the box has to be emptied ot' its contents.

In the further description ot' my said invention which follows iei'erence is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure I is a longitudinal secion ci' the improved ash-sitter. Fig. II is an end view ofthe same with the lid removed. Fig. Ill is anisometrical view of a part ot' the lid.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

A is the revolnble sieve.

B is the inclosing-box, having the lid thereofin two sections, a and b. One end of the spindle c of the sieve rests in ahole in the side (No model.)

of the box, but the other end extends to the outside ofthe box, where it is provided with a handle, C. To admit of the removal ot' the sieve and its spindle the side of the box next to the handle extends upwardly' only to the center ofthe spindle.; but the space above the spindle, when the sift'ers in use, is closed by section b of the lid. This section ot' the lid, which is shown detached in Fig. III ofthe drawings, has a tongue at either end, and also one at its lower edge, which tongues [it into grooves in the box, and it is notched to fit over spindle e. When the section b is in place the box is ready to receive the remaining section, a., of thelid, which has tongues at its lateral edges and inner end which tit int-o correspondinglyshaped grooves in the box.

By this construction of the box and its lids no escape of ashes can take place as the sieve is revolved, while ample space is left when the lids are removed forthe withdrawal of thesieve.

I claim as my invention- In combination with the box B and the removable sieve and spindle, respectively represented by A and c, the sections a and b of the lid, the latter being notched to tit over the spindle c, all arranged substantially as specified.

CHRISTIAN COOK.

Witnesses:

HARRY V. ALBAUGH, JNO. T. MADDox. 

